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Re: [T3] My Engine swallowed part of my carb!


<x-charset iso-8859-1>I've heard of them being ingested without serious problems.  I get 34 mpg
(UK) on a fast run with my twin carb Variant, so 26.5 is not good - unless
it's a bus!

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Seaton" <mark.seaton2@ntlworld.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:41 PM
Subject: [T3] My Engine swallowed part of my carb!


> Hello fellow T3ers,
> I just made the frightening discovery today that my engine has swallowed
the
> accelerator pump tube from one of my carbs. I think I know when it
happened-
> a couple of months ago one morning it decided to run really roughly- nasty
> harsh sound from the engine, but it cleared itself soon after. Last time I
> had the heads off I saw damage to the no3 piston and head from swallowing
> something else. Would this brass tube cause me any serious damage or can I
> forget about it- should I worry about main and gudgeon pin bearing damage
> from jarring? I just fitted brand new carbs and am hoping for better fuel
> efficiency.
> Weird thing is that it had been running very well with this missing tube-
I
> just recorded my best (but still very bad I think) mpg of 26.5 (UK) after
a
> 100 mile motorway drive. Why are our cars so inefficient? or is it just
> mine?I just got back from a trip to Munich in my friends Merc 230 Auto
> estate- dragging its tail in the mud from overloading and travelling at an
> average 90 mph and the mpg were better than my little cars average. Whats
> going on?
>
> Strangers keep telling me what a nice car I have, and it regularly brings
> smiles, so despite its shortcomings, I'm glad I drive a type3.
>
> Mark Seaton
> '73 TA, London
>
>
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